Does the USA need a perestroika?

[Rath]

ckmlb said:

Rath said:

ckmlb said:
I have a question, where did Perestroika get the Soviet Union? I think that answers if the US should follow that example.

The perestroika firstly got the Soviet into a massive hole (as any reform as widereaching as it would) but within a decade they were (in general) far better off economically than before the perestroika. It allowed their economy to grow.

But the political system fell apart and Gorbachev lost power which led to the USSR falling apart into 15 Republics. Which was a good thing, but not that good for the Soviet Union as a unified nation.

The Soviet was only ever held together by force really. The same thing would not happen with the USA, essentially because the Americans are one people.